Test 2/23/17 (Napoleon)

Question 1

The members of the Paris commune had what nickname?

Answer 1

sans-culottes

Question 2

Promotion within Napoleon’s new military and government was based on what?

Answer 2

Talent and ability

Question 3

The Russians defeated Napoleons grand army by waiting for what to take affect.

Answer 3

winter

Question 4

What was the most important of Napoleon’s lethal codes?

Answer 4

Civil code

Question 5

This paper/law mandated that the clergy was to be elected by the people not the pope

Answer 5

Civil constitution of the Clergy

Question 6

Name the island that Napoleon was exiled after his final defeat

Answer 6

St. Helena

Question 7

Under the constitution of 1791, who made the laws?

Answer 7

Legislative Assembly

Question 8

The deceleration of rights of men and citizen proclaimed what kind of rights for men and women?

Answer 8

All were equal and it protected freedom of speech and press. It excluded woman from having political rights.

Question 9

What was the name given to France’s chief and main tax

Answer 9

Taille

Question 10

Name one way the army of France changed modern warfare.

Answer 10

drafted all men

Question 11

This women was a prominent critic of Napoleons rule

Answer 11

Anne-Louise-Germaine

Question 12

This was used by the revolution to execute their opponents.

Answer 12

Guillotine

Question 13

Who seized power from the National Assembly

Answer 13

Paris Commune

Question 14

Attacking this started the revolution

Answer 14

Bastille

Question 15

This was Napoleon’s plan to weaken the British economy

Answer 15

Continental system

Question 16

What was the difference between the Girondins (outside Paris) and Mountain (Inside Paris) political groups

Answer 16

To kill the king (Mountain) or keep him alive (Girondins)

Question 17

What were the three Estates in France?

Answer 17

Clergy, Nobles, Everyone else

Question 18

Who overthrew the Directory and later made himself emperor of all France?

Answer 18

Napoleon

Question 19

Name the final battle where Napoleon was defeated by the duke of wellington

Answer 19

Waterloo

Question 20

What led to the meeting of Louis XVI and the Estates-General.(rep. for each estate) and what happened there

Answer 20

French Budget was near collapse. They raised Taxes. First meeting since 1614

Question 21

The First and Second estate could out ________ the Third.

Answer 21

vote

Question 22

when and why did the Third estate declare themselves the National Assembly

Answer 22

June 17, 1789. Wanted to set a constitutional government so the other two estates had to pay taxes also. Once they created the National Assembly they declared that they would create a new constitution

Question 23

Where did the Third Estate meet in private after the National Assembly was created

Answer 23

In a tennis court. There they took the Tennis Court Oath

Question 24

What was the National Assemblies’ Declaration called

Answer 24

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Question 25

What does the Assembly create to reform the Catholic church

Answer 25

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Question 26

What does the Civil Constitution of the Clergy do

Answer 26

Seizes church property and sells it. All church leaders are elected by the people not the pope

Question 27

What did the Constitution of 1791 do

Answer 27

Formed a limited Monarchy. Still a king, but the legislative Assembly makes the laws

Question 28

who was in the Legislative Assembly

Answer 28

Men who paid a certain amount of taxes

Question 29

what stops the spread of the revolution

Answer 29

Austria and Prussia (Modern Germany) go to war

Question 30

when did the Legislative Assembly lose power

Answer 30

1792

Question 31

what were the radical changes made in 1792

Answer 31

all men could vote and the king was taken captive

Question 32

what was the rev. threatened by in 1792

Answer 32

invasion and poor economic conditions

Question 33

who wrote Friend of the people and what did it do

Answer 33

Jean-Paul Murat. Deafened the massacres

Question 34

what did the National Convention do and how did it come to be

Answer 34

meets and abolishes the monarchy and forms republic. Paris commune and Legislative Assembly come together and call a National Convention

Question 35

what countries declare war on France to bring back the monarchy

Answer 35

Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, England,

Question 36

who lead the Committee of Public Safety

Answer 36

Maximilien Robespiere

Question 37

what was the Committee of Public Safety like

Answer 37

They executed 40000 people!!! Evil people who enjoy bloodshed

Question 38

what did the Committee of Public Safety do to get ride of the Catholic Church

Answer 38

churches looted or destroyed, changed calender

Question 39

what did the committee tried to change

Answer 39

French society. everyone was Citizen or Citizeness instead of Mr. or Mrs.

Question 40

what was the Levee en Masse

Answer 40

drafted all men (18-45)

Question 41

when did the Reign of Terror end

Answer 41

July 28, 1794 when Robespierre was guillotined

Question 42

what was the Directory made of and how long did it last

Answer 42

five men. 1795-1799

Question 43

Napoleon is known for

Answer 43

speed surprise and decisive action

Question 44

what did napoleon set up in 1799

Answer 44

Consulate

Question 45

what was napoleons power overtime

Answer 45

1799-Consul 1802-consul for life 1804- emperor

Question 46

what was the agreement between napoleon and the catholic church

Answer 46

napoleon kept the lands they acquired during the rev. and the church was the major religion in France

Question 47

What is Napoleon famous for

Answer 47

military conquests

Question 48

everywhere Napoleon went the idea of ______ was spread

Answer 48

equality for all

Question 49

what did Napoleon try to use to defeat Britian

Answer 49

Continental System (stop British trade with Europe)

Question 50

what is Nationalism

Answer 50

sense of identity of a people based on common language, religion, and national symbols

Question 51

why does Napoleon invade Russia

Answer 51

they wouldn't follow the continental system

Question 52

where was Napoleon sent to exile in 1814

Answer 52

Elba